The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-12
Farm and Stock Notes.

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simple plan of warming water for his stock
to drink in winter, says the Michigan Farm
en-. He put an iron plate, say Is inches
square, on the bottom of his water tank,
cutting away the wood, of course, where
the iron was. Under this plate he used an
oil stove He says 10c. worth of oil a day
would warm the water for 60 cows up to 70'
or more.
Mr.. James Mackenzie, an Irish dairyman
says: From experiments which | have seen
carried out, from 20 to "a per cent increase
of butter has been gained by the centrifugal
over the gravity Dreaming, but | am salts
lied this gain is not at the expense of quality
but to searching out more of the minute fat
globules, which in gravity Dreaming do not
rise and, if not forced out, are lost in the
skim milk"
ANY domestic animal understands and
appreciates kind treatment 1t is no use to
say they are ''only dumb brutes." 1t is
true, they cannot talk but, like dumb or
blind men, their intelligence in other re-
spects is doubled. You can make friends
of all your animals if you take the trouble
to do SO, and if you should ever feel lonely
you can Danish this feeling by going among
your beasts.
A prize was offered some time ago by the
Royal Agricultural Society of England for
the best essay on the subject Profitable
Farming for Bad Times" One of the best
suggestions of the prize essay is that every
farmer should grow his own feeding stuffs
upon his own farm. Commenting upon the
above, the Times says that feeding stuffs"
include the necessary supplies for the farm
er's family.
You will save your horse the pain of a
sore mouth if you will always dip the bit
in bucket of cold water before putting it
in his mouth. This ''takes the frost out" of
the bit. IF you want to know what would
happen if you did not do this, put your
tongue against the bit after it shall have
been hanging all night in a zero tempera-
ture. You will not take il away as easily
as you will put it there, and when you shall
get loose you will leave piece of skin be-
hind. If the bit be put in cold water first
this will not happen.
The Net0 England Farmer says: "Most
persons who set grape vines under reasona-
bly, favorable conditions have little trouble
in getting one crop of fruit 1t is getting
good crops continually that requires skill
and a knowledge of the requisites to sue
cess Few would let hen lay all winter
and then set her upon all the eggs she had
laid, yet this would be scarcely more I'M
wise than to let grape vine carry all the
fruit it might happen to set. Successful
grape growing requires good deal OF
VI ULO II
The manure Of cattle contain POPS per
cent of organic matter and alkaline salts
combined; that of horses, 21.64 per cent. ;
of hogs, % per cent. of sheep, 31.29 per
cent This high fertility value of sheep
manure is very strong argument in favor
of sheep husbandry, but when it is consid-
cred that sheep create this fertility largely
from weeds, brambles, brush, etc, the de-
struction of which is so desirable to the
farmer, the Importance and value of these
animals cannot be over-estimated, even if
they be as destitute OF WOOL as is door
knob.
1t would hardly pay the farmer to engage
in the poultry business beyond the keeping
of two or three dozen fowls for family use,
unless there should be some one about the
place who would make it a special business
to look after the poultry and like to do it.
Sometimes the service of a good, steady
boy, who is a natural fancier, may be Sc
cured at small cost, and all of his time
NAV be profitably employed in caring for
POO or 800 hens, or, if he be experienced,
probably 500 or 600. In en- barking in the
business it is not best to start out on too
large scale.
1t is wonderful how quickly litter of
Young pigs will round up and fill out on
new corn, the sow on full rations as well as
the pigs. We never get tired admiring
them IN their mischievous pighood and
wish we could keep them looking SO fine all
winter. But the plump fall pig is not the
plump winter pig, as experience goes
Where grass fails and cold winds strike in
on them, the smooth sleek hair and skin
begin to lose their glossiness. and if there
is not q change of feed or an addition to it,
they will die before spring. Verdict-all
corn diet; burned out in zero weather
This is a fitting explanation for majority
of pigs lost in winter.